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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 73 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile

Posted by admin on December 12, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -28.7094S, -71.4928WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Vallenar in Chile on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.536 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000ny43. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ny43. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/12/24 / 2024-12-12 09:06:08 / December 12, 2024 @ 9:06 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -71.4928 West, latitude -28.7094 South, depth = 19.536 km. The temblor was picked up at 09:06:08 / 9:06 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 73 km (45 miles) from Vallenar (c. 44 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vallenar (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 73 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.4928° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -28.7094° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 19.536 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 73 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-12 09:06:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-12 13:40:04 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 298 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 32 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.624 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.02 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 173 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000ny43 Id of event.
Event Code 7000ny43 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ny43, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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